Take it back a second, weirdo!

When most people think of cyborgs, they think of popular movies like "The Terminator" or "Star Trek". That's why I usually get a laugh of disbelief when I tell people about my subject. When you think about it, your first connection is probably Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous "Asta la vista, baby" and the thought of an actual cyborg is somewhat ridiculous. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a cyborg as, "A person whose physical tolerances or capabilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by a machine or other external agency that modifies the body's functioning; an integrated man-machine system." Now when technologies like nanobots are right around the corner, I think its an appropriate time to start thinking about it. Were now using human ingenuity to surpass the what is now considered "normal" living conditions in a way that goes beyond medical or organic. I believe were on the edge of human evolution; man is merging with his greatest creation, machine. Now I'm not big into sci-fi and I don't spend my nights reading the forums but I am incredibly interested in human beings. The beginning of a potential evolution is something I believe everyone should get into, no matter how ridiculous Hollywood has made it.

As a stakeholder I see myself as that regular person who will make a decision in the future to modify and stay with the pack or fall behind with the others who want to die as they are. Not that they're is anything wrong with that, a decision like that isn't something to take lightly and its not like were getting picked off by lions anymore. This will be the most morally derided decision we will have to deal with globally because it changes so many social normals on every level. Do you want to live for possibly +150 years? Do you want to look and age normally? Peoples beliefs and morals will be rocked to their very foundations. When it comes to my decision regarding metal legs that can fly or tiny robots that can make me live forever I just can't tell you what I'd do. I guess it all depends on how cool the legs look.